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Miles Away

Trip to Tropical Paradise: The Seychelles

Miles Away

The Points Guy

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The Seychelles is a cluster of islands that TPG's senior writer Darren Murph describe as "Africa's Hawaii." This remote destination is meant for adventurous travelers: You'll find awesome hiking trails, gorgeous beaches, fresh seafood, and experience a unique culture. With several points-and-miles options for hotels and flights, your trip to paradise is more accessible than ever.


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0:00.0

Imagine you in a nice comfy seat with your hands behind your head taking in the views instead of taking on the road maybe even taking a nap. That's the bliss of getting where you need to go

0:16.1

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0:25.0

Feel good travel. Welcome back to miles away. This is your host, Zach Hone. Today I am sitting down with Darren Murph who actually join us for the very first episode of Miles

0:59.4

away focused on French Polynesia.

1:01.4

Welcome back Darren.

1:02.4

Thanks very much. And what are we talking about today?

1:04.5

We are talking about more paradise. More paradise. So Darren is our resident paradise expert,

1:10.2

so to say. I appreciate that. I will will take that but I'm going to have you

1:14.0

pronounce the destination that is our focus of this episode it's not it's not that

1:18.8

hard say shells say shells are right so I've heard seychelles, pretty much those two.

1:24.5

Yeah, and if you say them a lot in a row, it becomes one of those tongue twisters you can have a lot of fun with.

1:29.6

Oh right. But this is our next off the beaten path destination.

1:34.1

Very off the beaten path.

1:35.5

And the reason for that, I mean, it's pretty remote.

1:38.1

Can you give us a little bit of an idea of where in the world the Seychelles is?

1:41.6

Yeah, so here's the thing about the Seychelles

1:44.0

to get you interested in it.

1:46.1

It is Africa's Hawaii, okay?

1:49.1

So if you want to visit Hawaii,

1:51.8

but on the other side of the world, this is it.

1:55.2

It is the closest thing to Hawaii, but it's on the continent of Africa, or associated with it.

2:02.0

So you get this amazing blend of both. It is off the

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